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OADC Lagos LOS1

Lekki / Lagos, LA, NigeriaPartially operational
Evidence
Planned / design
24 MW
Updated
Oct 28, 2026

OADC Lagos LOS1 is one physical facility with an operating first phase and a planned expansion. The published 24 MW figure describes planned site load rather than operating IT capacity.

Capacity

Current site load design

Planned / design or future potential

24 MW

Source

Expansion stage capacity

Planned / design or future potential

12 MW

Source

Operating IT capacity: Not established in published records

A missing figure does not mean zero. Planned, utility and generation figures are not operating IT capacity.

Development

LOS1 first operating phaseOperational

1 building

Opening sources described up to 20 MW design on the four-hectare site.

LOS1 expansion stage 1Announced or preconstruction

March 2025 reporting targeted completion within 18 months.

LOS1 expansion stage 2Announced or preconstruction

Part of the plan to reach 24 MW by 2027; schedule detail remains undisclosed.

Milestones (4)
LOS1 announced operational in Lekki

Dec 7, 2022 · Recorded actual event

Completed · Event type not stated

Source not linked
Two-stage 24 MW LOS1 expansion reported

Mar 25, 2025 · Recorded actual event

Completed · Announced

Source not linked
Derived 18-month first-stage target

Q3 2026 · Forecast / planned record

Forecast · Event type not stated

Source not linked
Reported target for 24 MW expansion

2027 · Forecast / planned record

Forecast · Event type not stated

Source not linked

Participants

Open Access Data Centres

Operator

Sources by role
Operator (1)
Operator (1)
WIOCC Group

Owner

Sources by role
Owner (1)
Owner (1)

Capital & incentives

Capital claims and financing records may overlap. Their amounts are not added together.

Capital claims

Announced maximum investment

Source report

$240 million

Source

Expansion funding plan

Actual

Debt and equity

Source

Financing records

Regional platform loan

$10m

Jun 27, 2024

IFC financing to WIOCC for regional data center and fiber expansion; no LOS1 allocation.

Parties & sources

International Finance Corporation (Lender) · WIOCC Group (Borrower)

Sources (1)

Regional platform loan

ZAR 200,000,000

Jun 27, 2024

IFC financing to WIOCC for regional data center and fiber expansion; no LOS1 allocation.

Parties & sources

International Finance Corporation (Lender) · WIOCC Group (Borrower)

Sources (1)

Regional platform loan

$20m

Jun 27, 2024

Proparco financing to WIOCC for regional expansion; no LOS1 allocation.

Parties & sources

Proparco (Lender) · WIOCC Group (Borrower)

Sources (2)

Planned Nigeria loan

$10m

Jun 27, 2024

The announcement described a planned RMB loan; closing status and LOS1 allocation have not been publicly disclosed.

Parties & sources

Rand Merchant Bank (Planned lender) · WIOCC Group (Planned borrower)

Sources (1)

Site & development

Equiano landing station

Source report

True

Source

Technical specifications

Cooling redundancy

Actual

N+1

Source

Expansion power options

Actual

Grid plus gas and renewable generation under evaluation

Source

Additional project facts

Technical space

Source report

7,200 square meters

Source

Carrier neutral

Source report

True

Source

Tier design

Actual

Tier III designed

Source

Operational since

Actual

2022-12

Source

Expansion stage count

Source report

2 stages

Source

Forecast full expansion year

Actual

2,027

Source

Infrastructure & permits

Technical details (3)
Fiber

Operational

144 Tbps design capacity

Equiano lands at LOS1; cable design capacity reported at launch, not facility bandwidth sold.

Electric grid

Partially operational

24 MW site load design

Current operator site load; live IT and stage energization undisclosed.

Cooling system

Operational

N+1 cooling redundancy.

Public-source research. Plans may change. See Evidence for sources and qualifications.